With the anticipation building around the Ramayana, actor Sunil Lahri – who rose to fame playing the role of Lakshman in Ramanand Sagar’s popular TV serial – shared a balanced look at the teaser of the Ramayana. While he is optimistic about the film’s scope and purpose, Lahri believes some of the emotional aspects need more depth. Directed by Nitesh Tiwari, the film stars Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Ram, Ravi Dubey as Lakshman, Sai Pallavi as Sita, and Yash as Ravana.
With the anticipation building around the Ramayana, actor Sunil Lahri – who rose to fame playing the role of Lakshman in Ramanand Sagar’s popular TV serial – shared a balanced look at the teaser of the Ramayana. While he is optimistic about the film’s scope and purpose, Lahri believes some of the emotional aspects need more depth.Directed by Nitesh Tiwari, the film stars Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Ram, Ravi Dubey as Lakshman, Sai Pallavi as Sita, and Yash as Ravana.
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“I liked and hated certain things in the teaser.”
The teaser sparked mixed reactions online, with some praising its size while others questioned the visual effects. In response, Lahri told PTI: “I liked and disliked certain things in the teaser. I can only hope and hope that they will make a historical film for our country, properly present our culture and evoke the right emotions among the global audience through Ramayana.”
‘Ranbir He is a very good actor, but will the audience accept him as Ram?
Lahri praised Ranbir Kapoor’s acting abilities but raised concerns about whether the actor suits the emotional core of Lord Ram.“Ranbir is undoubtedly a very good actor. I really like his works and he will definitely give a very good performance. But whether the audience will accept him as Ram or not is the question,” he said.He also pointed out a particular moment in the teaser that didn’t sit well with him. “The scene where Ranbir comes out, the innocence that the debut should have had, was not there.
“I didn’t like it, I felt it was a bit harsh, and the innocence was missing.”
“Without emotion, even a beautiful painting seems incomplete.”
While Lahri appreciated the visuals, music and overall scale, he stressed that emotional depth is crucial to a story like the Ramayana, adding that “without emotion, even a beautiful painting seems incomplete.”“If there is no emotion, the painting is not good. Ranbir’s look was good, the music was also good, and the effects created were good…
The overall effects were good.“I hope they don’t make huge mistakes. If they think they want to show themselves differently, and do something where people say ‘cool’, they should understand that the wow factor (referring to visuals) doesn’t work here, it works in sci-fi movies.”
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“The demons look like they’re straight out of a Hollywood sci-fi movie.”
The veteran actor also expressed his disappointment with the depiction of demons in the teaser, saying that they look too stylized, as if they are out of a Hollywood sci-fi movie. Recalling his experience working on Ramayan, he said: “What we made was very basic. Although the effects were not that strong, they were close to reality. Look at the costumes, the crowns were made of solid brass, and they were heavy.”“There was no air conditioning, there was no props, and it felt like you were working in 200-degree heat because the costumes and props were so heavy,” Lahri added. The Ramayana is conceived as a vivid two-part epic set 5,000 years ago, rooted in one of the most enduring epics of Indian mythology. Produced by Namit Malhotra’s Prime Focus Studios and DNEG, in association with Yash’s Monster Mind Creations, the film is slated to release on Diwali 2026.
